The Towerlight, February 12, 1988

tl19880212-000 "Inside Valentine's Day This week in The Tower-ight: special sections of lassifieds and visuals for weethearts only . page 10 1 No. 13 wer i Published weekly by the students of Towson State University ghtTowson, MD 21204 p. photo by Lisa A. Wagner dents like Tim Peters may not be able to enjoy Coke products more if a new coalition is succesful in banning Coke products campus. 05, oke"" ban suggested by Laurita Huff News reporter new Towson State University Wit coalition is being formed' )Pes of providing an alterna-t� ""Coke"" products that are on the University's campus. e students gathered in the Afri- American Cultural Center. Purpose of the campaign is to a small stab at Coke in hopes itting the pressure on Coke to nage in its involvement with Apartheid Regime in South ca,"" said senior Joe Delia, of rogressive Student Union. ca.Cola, deceiving the public, a statement September 17, , that it intends to move its Parries out of South Africa; actu- ('eke moved its plant to Swit-od. Coca Cola products will be sold through 15 independ-bottling companies, accor-to Delia. veral colleges and-universities shown their concern about Issue of ""cokes"" on campus. 8 Hopkins University campaign over the past rite campaign succeeded in otts and demonstrations a-lit the product resulting in an native soft drink, R.C., on Homewood campus, added Delia. Susan Taylor, a senior, said, ""If you take away coke profits, Coke listens. It will raise conscious-ness."" The students believe that their efforts will demonstrate their moral outrage toward apartheid and add to the national devest-ment Movements efforts to put economic pressure on the South African Government to dismantle its racist system. The student coalition is asking for support from Towson State stu-dents. The students were disap-pointed by the small number of participants in their meeting Feb. 4. Another meeting is set for Feb-ruary 18 at 3:30 pm in the African American Cultural Center, said Taylor. Tom Gress, a sophomore, said, ""These groups are putting out a lot of effort to inform groups on cam-pus of its plans. Any organization on campus has a responsibility to the world around them. ""You do not have to support apar-theid because you are thirsty. Peo-ple are making a moral, political, and humanitarian decision when buying a soft drink: they should have an alternative,"" said Taylor. ""I think this campaign can really work at Towson State if the stu-dents get involved."" tudent fees increase by Michael Raymond News riworter Went fees will increase $51 for I Year 1988, according to fig-released by the University iness and finance office. Pre-sly, the fees have increased an ge of $30 per full-time student each of the past four years. 4rgelY to blame for the coming (Ilse is a new category of ex-ses called ""technology en-cement,"" in other words, lab ,This money will be used to 'Or a number of miscellaneous a consolidation that will not ude Private music lessons, stu-t teaching, or medical technol- fees. n Grieb, financial analyst for University, said that the ath-is fee is the one most responsi-ter the yearly increases, ex-iling Title IX requirements and illnve up to Division I competi- Ps contributing factors. 'asically, the athletic depart-t ITInst generate all of their funds,"" Grieb said. ""They t receive the state funding that academics do, so student fees are a major revenue source."" The second largest fee is that paid for activities and health. Dowell Health Center receives only a small portion of the gener-ated funds. The balance goes toward operating the University Union, said Grieb. ""The new dorms were finished in the fall of '83,"" said Grieb, adding that a $20 raise in the fee for the following year. ""We expected 1706 new students on campus and raised the fee for auxiliary services anticipating the additional needs of those students."" The construction fee, one of the few student costs not to increase, is used to pay for the building of the Union. According to Grieb, the necessary money was raised on a bond issue, and students are now paying off those bonds. Presumably, once that dekt is paid, the construction fee will no longer be needed. By then, how-ever, the new residence/parking complex, which is also being finan-ced by bond issue, should be well underway. ndex news classifieds 2, 7, 8, 11 sports 3 4 features & entertainment 5.6 editorial 9 perspectives & letters 9 valentine visuals 10 valentine classifieds 11 weekwatcher 12 February 12, 1988 Volunteers needed for board exams by Robert Pattison News reporter Towson State University will invite seniors who are graduating this semester to participate in a volunteer pilot-test that will eval-uate basic skills they have learned while in college. A $20,000 proposal will finance the volunteer measurement test that will assess skills in the human-ities, social studies, and natural sciences, according to Dr. Char-lotte C. Cook-Fuller, chair of the special University Senate self-study committee, which was ap-pointed to advise the University on this academic assessment. At the request of the Educational Testing Services department Of the Maryland State Board for higher education, the test will evaluate the teaching process with the pos-sible intent towards making a change, Cook-Fuller said. ""There is a nation-wide move-ment to find out how students are doing [in college],"" Cook-Fuller said. ""This test will prove to those who want to know that we are pro-viding a quality education."" This raises the question of who wants to know. ""Prospective students who are trying to decide between Towson [State] and another college. Also businessmen and politicians who decide on how much money in grants they will award a college and where they award the money."" Joseph Popovich, head of the research and planning depart-ment for ETS, said in an original proposal for one test for all Mary-land public collges was rejected by the colleges because ""not all cam-puses have the same criteria. ""Therefore, we have asked col-leges to do their own evaluations ... to determine undergraduates are meeting the objectives of the col-lege,"" he continued. Popovich said his department just wants to see that colleges are doing something to measure the outcome of students. ""However, this is not a major problem,"" Giles-Gee said, adding that ETS administers other such tests in high school and are famil-iar with such adjustments. Although only graduating seniors will be asked to participate, the results ""will not count against a'student's eligibility to graduate,"" said Giles-Gee. ""There will be no negative effects upon them."" Cook-Fuller said that ""there is no present plan to use any assess.: ment porcedure in a gatekeeping contest."" She also said that public colleges in Florida and Georgia test students, and if they don't demonstrate a proper understand-ing. of the core teachings, they don't graduate. This would involve a solid understanding of classes students take to fulfill general uni-versity requirements. Giles-Gee said that the students who volunteer to participate in this test will provide a valuable service to the University that will help in assess the effectiveness of teach-ing. Bringing down the house photo by Karen McMahon Stephens Hall has been undergoing reconstructive ""surgery"" since August, 1987. According to the assistant superintendent for the general contractor, John K. Ruff, Inc., the renovations to the 74- year-old Jacobian building will cost approximately $9 million. The crew of 30 has ""nothing but problems, but basically nothing we cannot handle,"" the assistant superintendent said. When finished the building will house modern classrooms and offices. The landmark clock will be outfitted with new parts and the asbestos will be removed. The project should be completed by June, 1989. Graham commended for involvement by Doug Wood Assistant news editor Dale Graliam, director of organ-izational advancement, has done a ""wonderful"" job of organizing the yearbook staff, said SGA Presi-dent Chris Krivos. ""Dale Graham has not only done the job as Director of Organizational Advancement, but she has ainglehandedly put toget-her a staff for the Tower Echoes. We have cleaned up the 1986 year-book mess. Dale, along with the yearbook staff and University Rela-tions are now cleaning up the 1987 yearbook mess, and the new staff is on top of the 1988 yearbook. We're going to have yearbooks for e Towerlight offers credits for help by Robert Pattison News reporter .e,""epartment of Speech and �""mrimunication is now offer- students up to three credit ts for working on The Tower- !, Towson State University's idY newspaper. Lennimentary, which appeared e last edition of The Tower- s 1987 fall publication sche- ' noted staff shortages as a ri Problem. In response, Dr. Jin Kim, an assistant profes- In the mass communication artrrient contacted University elals and created an independ- W ork-study program aimed at Itg students an incentive and a ard for working on The Tower-the�; problem] got to a certain 'e, said Kim, ""and then be-e More acute. In met with Dorothy Siegel, President for student services, Marion Hoffman, associate n for student development, to rtnine what was needed to help student publications, and The Towerlight in particular. ""We are committed to student run publications and, without a publication board, The Towerlight will go under,� Hoffman contin-ued, adding that she feels this is a ""possitive move."" ""The Tower Echoes has not been published since 1985 and Grub Street gets funding sometimes and doesn't other times. If you look at the Tower Echoes in 1984 and 1985 you would agree it could be better,"" she said. ""From Lisa's letter, it looked [as if] The Towerlight was going under,"" Hoffman said, referring to last semester's commentary writ-ten by Lisa M. Quill, a contributing writer and typesetter for The Towerlight. The commentary cited such pro-blems as understaffing, inexperi-ence, over-work, and perpetuation of those three by the University as contributing factors in the poor quality of The Towerlight. Dr. Ronald J. Matlon, speech and mass communication depart-ment chair, said, ""I'm glad to see [Kim] step forward and give help."" However, Matlon said that he has ""mixed feelings"" over the program. ""On the one hand we want to help with the organization and writing of materials and help [pro-duce] a quality newspaper. But, we don't know to what extent the de-partment should get involved in The Towerlight."" ""We want to get a reaction from as many people involved as possi-ble,"" Matlon said about the three credit pilot-program his depart-ment is offering. Matlon added, ""We don't know if the allegations [raised by Quill's commentary] are legitimate or not ... but we're going to stand back at this point."" Martha Mallonee, editor-in-chief of The Towerlight, said ""about 10 to 15 students have responded to the offer, but we need as many [people] as can contribute."" Mallonee said that the mass communication department ""does not want to censure The Tower-light but does want to help."" '86, '87, and this year, which is the only one we should be responsible for, and it is coming out on time and it will be fresh and looking good. Dale's done a tremendous job with that,"" Krivos said. In other news, one Senate bill was introduced. Senate bill 1987-1988 #15 is an act to allocate a supplemental budget of $1,216.75 to the Commu-ter Association. Finally, SGA elections will be held March 14 and 15. All inter-ested in helping are urged to get in touch with the SGA office. Dr. Helen F. Giles Gee, assistant - to the president, said that this test will assess skill development in such areas as critical thinking, col- -- lege reading, writing, and mathe-matics, as well as measure how often students use school facilities such as the library. Giles-Gee said that the test is in two forms. The group form will take one hour to complete and the individual form will take three' hours to complete. The individual test will provide the most valuable information, Giles-Gee said, adding that ""stu-dents will be chosen randomly to take one of the two tests."" A special manual for the mea-surement test will take into con-sideration handicaps that may affect a student's ability to take the test. Giles-Gee said, ""letters may be larger for students who have diffi-culty seeing."" She added that stu-dents with handicap, Nan want to participate must contact. Univer-sity officials before taking the test. Machines used to verify age by Joyce Schab-Culbertson Contributing writer A recent innovation in the stu-dent identifications issued by Towson State University includes the addition of a magnetic strip on the back, similar to those on credit cards. This allows for the storage of unalterable information such as library card numbers and age, ac-cording to Robert Bavuerle, direc-tor of the University Union. Card reading machines have been installed for the Rathskeller, Susquehanna and Chesapeake Rooms for use in age v el ification when alcohol is being served. Ninety-nine percent of tilt alcohol sold on campus is consumed at these events, Baeuerle said. The other one percent of the sales is in the bowling alley where no verifi-cation machine exists at this time, he added. The card reader was used at two events at the end of last semester, resulting in the confiscation of a few cards which has apparently been altered, said Baeuerle. Stu-dents altered their IDs by making a new label with their. names, social security numbers, and date of birth, then covered the entire card with plastic, said Baeuerle, adding that inconsistencies with the card reader would still remain. Penalties for an altered ID in-clude confiscation of the ID and suspension from the University, Baeuerle said. No IDs were confiscated at Fri-day's_ sold-out Club Potpourri. Baeuerle credits the reader machines for turning away those who might try to enter with an altered 1D. Violence discussed at conference by Sean Brohawn News Reporter January 12, 13, and 14, Towson State University hosted the second National Conference on Campus Violence. This conference was atten-ded by students, police, faculty, and administrators from across the nation. The goals of this conference were to bring the problem of campus violence to open discusion, to mea-sure its effects, and to organize schools against this growing prob-lem so that it might be controlled to a greater degree in the future, accor-ding to Jan Sherrill, director of the conference. The program was not created to deal with the violence directly, but as a first step in increasing aware-ness of campus violence. Over the past two years, the Stu-dent Services Office at Towson State University has conducted nation-wide surveys of campus violence. The results of the surveys show an increasing crime level, according to Robert Cave in Student Servi-ces. A pamphlet for the Violence Confer-ence said ""only a small fraction of the on-campus incidents of vio-lence were officially reported."" The study of college violence is gaining attention nationwide part-ly because of the annual .confer-ence held at the University. Sher-rill said, ""Towson is recognized as the leader of the study,"" and added that the two main goals of Towson State are the responsible use of alcohol and better Ways of control-ling violence in the dorms. College campus violence was re-cently a topic on the Donahue Show, which said that six mur-ders, approximately 250 rapes, 600 robberies, and 1600 aggravated as-saults were reported to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by vic-tims. In a survey of female college stu-dents also mentioned on Donahue, 23 'percent claimed to have been victims of rape or attempted rape, suggesting that cases of campus violence were ""grossly unrepor-ted."" Sherrill said,""alcohol plays a large part"" in many incidents of violence and ""students should not assume safety while on campus."" Mary Lee Farlow, director of res-idence, said, ""Many incidents of campus violence could have been prevented."" Such simple precau-tions include locking doors in the residence halls and avoiding unlit paths at night, added Farlow. The Towson Police run an escort service that may incur a ,minor delay but insures a safe trip. � �. 3 photo by Jay Woer-n-le- Dean Siegel and others met to organize against campus violence. This annual conference has made Towson State a leader in the fight against campus violence, according to conference director Jan' Sherril. q.10. � "